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1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
3 | | Representatives wish to recognize Bill Rosso of Gurnee on his |
4 | | donation of a historic Illinois Supreme Court desk to the |
5 | | State of Illinois; and
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6 | | WHEREAS, Bill Rosso, as a child, purchased the desk from |
7 | | the Effingham City Council for $18.91 in April 1962; he saved a |
8 | | newspaper article from the Effingham Daily News regarding his |
9 | | purchase, which references that the desks being sold came from |
10 | | the Vandalia Statehouse; and
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11 | | WHEREAS, After additional research, the desk is believed |
12 | | to be one of the pieces created in the mid-1870s as furnishings |
13 | | for the current Capitol building, with desks of the same |
14 | | design being made for members of the Illinois House of |
15 | | Representatives and the Illinois Senate, as well as for use in |
16 | | the Illinois Supreme Court; and
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17 | | WHEREAS, The desk appears to have been received by the |
18 | | Effingham City Council in approximately 1912, due to the most |
19 | | visible signature in a desk drawer being from the city clerk of |
20 | | that year; and
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21 | | WHEREAS, The desk was retrieved from Gurnee by the Office |